Great Libraries of Learning (or gr8 lol)

Our resource centres should be drivers of teacher and student learning. We cannot afford for our resource centres to be underutilised or bound in a twentieth century learning paradigm. (Great Libraries of Learning)

I continue to look for ways to define our revised/refreshed/remixed vision of library to the world. (Please, please scroll way down. I can’t get this widget to fit in this blogspace and you need to see it!)

Research in constructivist learning and student information seeking in complex and diverse information environments tells us that our resource centres should be drivers of teacher and student learning.

We cannot afford for our resource centres to be underutilised or bound in a twentieth century learning paradigm. Fixed class lessons, closed doors, program development and inflexible instruction need to be replaced by flexible, anytime and anywhere learning by staff and students.

With new and refurbished facilities in many schools and a demonstrated need for us to raise expectations and improve the higher order thinking skills of students, this is a good time to focus on the role of the teacher librarian and the resource centre. Schools can invigorate their resource centre to be the hub of teaching and learning – owned by everyone in the school.

This is an inspirational read–a must read for teacher-librarians, a clear tool for describing our constructivist mission and vision. Thank you, North Queensland!

About NeverEnding Search

News, thoughts, and discoveries at the vortex of libraries, literacy, learning, discovery and play. Joyce is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information, an edtech Sherpa, and a connector. Her interests include: social media curation, digital/media fluency, transliteracy and youth, online communities of practice, digital storytelling and creativity, youth information-seeking behavior, social networking, online learning, and the evolving role and powers of the teacher-librarian.